
Matt Martens
@martensmatt1
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Lawyer | Christian | Seminary @dallasseminary | Member @chbcdc | Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal @Crossway
Washington, DC metro
Joined December 2014
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Had an amazing event with @martensmatt1 yesterday where he discussed the importance of religious freedom in a liberal democracy! Can't wait to see everyone for the next event!
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Right now, the assassination of Charlie Kirk feels like one of the two or three most significant social and political moments of my lifetime. I know that any commentary about it risks losing sight of the fundamental tragedy that a husband, father, and friend is now gone to
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Cox has done extremely well over the last 48 hours. Calming. Informed. Judicious. Human. He made the most of his moment, but not in a cloying or solicitous way. An impressive performance.
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BREAKING: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declares the assassination of Charlie Kirk is "an attack on the American experiment." "It is also much bigger than an attack on an individual. It is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the American experiment. It is an attack on our
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Cox: "We need more moral clarity right now. I hear all the time that 'words are violence.' Words are not violence. Violence is violence. There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is in custody, will be charged soon, and will be held accountable."
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I'm praying for swift justice against Tyler Robinson AND that he would, even on death row, repent of his sins and embrace the gospel Charlie Kirk proclaimed.
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My jaw has been on the floor for the past day at the number of huge platforms on this site willing to collectivize guilt for Kirk's murder to millions of their fellow Americans. There is literally no good way this ends. Stop it.
.@benshapiro with a very important point on @bariweiss’s livestream: “Using the third person plural is a bipartisan problem. A specific person killed Charlie Kirk, not “they.” Specificity is the enemy of violence.”
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No, pastors, Sunday church is most definitely *not* an opportunity to speak to your congregations regarding the many questions they have regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
To all the pastors out there ….this Sunday is an opportunity to speak to our congregations regarding the many questions they have regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the extreme violence in our culture. This is an opportunity to bring a message of hope and to
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Grocery inflation highest since 2022 as Trump tariffs pile up
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On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
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This was not a close case.
Life wins! First Circuit *unanimously* stops order restoring Planned Parenthood funding in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The unsigned order is joined by *three* Biden-appointed appeals judges. Everyone but Plaintiffs (and district court) agree that the order went too far.
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a previous dismissal in favor of the North American Mission Board regarding a years-long case brought by former Maryland/Delaware state executive Will McRaney. https://t.co/rgYwN7ryDk
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OXFORD, Miss. (BP) – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a previous dismissal in favor of the North American Mission Board regarding a years-long case brought by former Maryland/Delaware...
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Fifth Circuit panel rules 2-1 in favor of NAMB and against McRaney
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After 17 months of silence, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled 2-1 against Will McRaney and in favor of the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission...
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Great column by liberal NYT writer @ezraklein, on Charlie Kirk's murder. https://t.co/mIlOTcVhPU Excerpt:
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As “fate” would have it, I was at the Univ of Michigan Law School today delivering a speech in which I argued for the centrality of religious liberty to liberal democracy. As I explained, govt power can be passed in three ways (birth, ballots, or bullets). History is a bloody
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Charlie Kirk tried to win hearts and minds through open debate with all comers; his enemies found it intolerable and assassinated him. One reaction, a bad reaction, is private violence, which is unjust except in defined cases, such as immediate self-defense and defense of others.
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Agree or disagree with him, in whole or in part, Charlie Kirk was a martyr to free speech.
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NAMB lead attorney Matthew T. Martens called the decision “a landmark victory for religious liberty for Baptists.” “It ensures that First Amendment doctrines that have been applied to hierarchical denominations apply with equal force to Baptists, who operate not by hierarchy but
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a previous dismissal in favor of the North American Mission Board regarding a years-long case brought by former Maryland/Delaware state executive Will McRaney. https://t.co/rgYwN7ryDk
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I was invited by @FedSoc chapter @UMichLaw to give a speech today on the centrality of religious freedom to liberal democratic order. As I argued, there are three ways to transfer government power: birth, ballots, or bullets. Gracious reception. So to hear about this hits hard.
Periodic reminder that the *point* of democratic and/or constitutional politics is so we don't settle our differences - even grave ones, as many things in politics are - with violence.
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